Frankreich hat das Genehmigungsverfahren für den Bau und den Betrieb von Biogasanlagen vereinfacht. Künftig sollen Projekte deutlich schneller realisiert werden können.France has considerably simplfied the authorisation procedure for the building and operating of biogas plants. This article...

German Abstract: Die Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union haben es sich zum Ziel gesetzt, den Anteil der erneuerbaren Energien bis 2020 auf 20 % anzuheben. Der Ausbau der Windenergiebranche ist unausweichlich zur Erreichung dieses Zieles, zumal da Deutschland und Frankreich beide über...

Local content measures have proliferated and become a popular tool for governments to incentivize national industry. This article sets out a typology of such measures and analyses the legality of the different types of measures under WTO Law. Questions arise not only with respect to national...

OPEC's Monthly Oil Market Report (May, 2011) depicts that the price of OPEC's Reference Basket increased in April, 2011 by about $8.25 compared to March, 2011 and by $35.76 from a year earlier. The Nymex WTI and ICE Brent contracts also witnessed their highest prices since the global financial...

Global regulations involving clean energy technologies have evolved in recent decades. Such evolution came as a result of technological disparities between the North and the South. Such regulatory changes came because of the failure of developed nations to assist developing countries in...

Services of general interest (SGI) are a key component of the EU economy, accounting for 26% of GDP and 30% of employment within the EU. They cover economic and noneconomic activities alike. They are to be distinguished from services of general economic interest (SGEI), which are economic...

Despite regulation efforts, CO2 emissions from European road transport have continued to rise. Increased use of electricity offers a promising decarbonization option, both to fuel electric vehicles and run power-to-x systems producing synthetic fuels. To understand the economic implications of...

Growing concern for climate change and rising scarcity of fossil fuels prompted governments to stimulate the development of renewables. This paper empirically tests whether feed-in tariff (FIT) policies have been effective in the development of photovoltaic solar (PV), explicitly taking into...